Heian Stakes

Horse race

Heian Stakes
平安ステークス
Race information
Grade 3 race
Incantation win the 2015 Heian Stakes
Location	Kyoto Racecourse
Inaugurated	1986
Race type	Thoroughbred Flat racing
Distance	1900 metres
Surface	Dirt
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	4-y-o+
Weight	Special Weight
Purse	¥ 82,380,000 (as of 2024) 1st: ¥ 38,000,000 2nd: ¥ 15,000,000 3rd: ¥ 10,000,000

The Heian Stakes (Japanese 平安ステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged four and over, run in May over a distance of 1900 metres on dirt at Kyoto Racecourse.^[1]

The Heian Stakes was first run in 1986 and has held Grade 3 status since 1994. The distance was originally 1400 metres before being increased to 1800 metres in 1994 and to 1900 metres in 2013. The race was run at Hanshin Racecourse in 1994.

Weight

57 kg for four-year-olds and above.^[2]

Allowances:

2 kg for fillies / mares
1 kg for southern hemisphere bred three-year-olds

Penalties (excluding two-year-old race performance):

If a graded stakes race has been won within a year:
- 2 kg for a grade 1 win (1 kg for fillies / mares)
- 1 kg for a grade 2 win
If a graded stakes race has been won for more than a year:
- 1 kg for a grade 1 win

Winners since 1994

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Time
1994	Toyo Lyphard	4	Masahiro Matsunaga	Yoshiharu Matsunaga	1:52.8
1995	Lively Mount	4	Mamoru Ishibashi	Fujio Shibata	1:52.9
1996	Admire Bosatsu	6	Junichi Serizawa	Mitsuru Hashida	1:50.5
1997 (dh)	Shinko Windy Toyo Seattle	4 4	Hirofumi Shii Masahiro Matsunaga	Kiyotaka Tanaka Yoshiharu Matsunaga	1:49.9
1998	M I Blanc	6	Yutaka Take	Shuji Ito	1:48.5
1999	Osumi Jet	5	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	1:49.9
2000	Osumi Jet	6	Hirofumi Shii	Toshiaki Shirai	1:49.8
2001	Mambo Twist	6	Hirofumi Shii	Taira Furakawa	1:48.7
2002	Smart Boy	7	Naoto Ito	Keizo Ito	1:50.9
2003	Smart Boy	8	Naoto Ito	Keizo Ito	1:49.7
2004	Time Paradox	6	Mitsuaki Ando	Hiroyoshi Matsuda	1:51.3
2005	Hishi Atlas	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Takao Nakano	1:50.3
2006	Tagano Guernica	4	Kenichi Ikezoe	Kaneo Ikezoe	1:50.2
2007	Meisho Tokon	5	Mamoru Ishibashi	Isao Yasuda	1:51.0
2008	Quiet Day	8	Koichi Tsunoda	Shoichi Matsumoto	1:51.0
2009	Wonder Speed	7	Futoshi Komaki	Tomohiko Hastuki	1:50.4
2010	Roll of the Dice	5	Yasunari Iwata	Katsuhiko Sumii	1:51.1
2011	Daishin Orange	6	Yuga Kawada	Yasushi Shono	1:51.5
2012	Hiraboku King	5	Yusuke Fujioka	Ryuji Okubo	1:48.1
2013	Nihonpiro Ours	6	Manabu Sakai	Yuki Ohashi	1:56.9
2014	Kurino Star O	4	Hideaki Miyuki	Yoshitada Takahashi	1:56.6
2015	Incantation	5	Hiroyuki Uchida	Tomohiko Hastuki	1:55.1
2016	Asukano Roman	5	Keisuke Dazai	Yoshihiko Kawamura	1:56.2
2017	Great Pearl	4	Yuga Kawada	Mitsumasa Nakauchida	1:55.7^[3]
2018	Sunrise Soar	4	Mirco Demuro	Hiroshi Kawachi	1:57.3^[4]
2019	Chuwa Wizard	4	Yuga Kawada	Ryuji Okubo	1:58.1^[5]
2020	Omega Perfume	5	Yuichi Kitamura	Shogo Yasuda	1:56.0
2021	Auvergne^[a]	5	Yuichi Fukunaga	Masayuki Nishimura	1:54.7
2022	T O Keynes^[a]	5	Kohei Matsuyama	Daisuke Takayanagi	1:57.0
2023	Gloria Mundi	5	Yuga Kawada	Ryuji Okubo	1:59.8
2024	Mitono O	4	Kohei Matsuyama	Koji Maki	1:57.4

^a Runnings took place at Chukyo while Kyoto was closed for redevelopment.

References

Netkeiba:^[6]^[7]
- 1994 en, 1995 en, 1996 en, 1997 en, 1998 en, 1999 en, 2000 en, 2001 en, 2002 en, 2003 en, 2004 en, 2005 en, 2006 en, 2007 en, 2008 en, 2009 en, 2010 en, 2011 en, 2012 en, 2013 en, 2014 en, 2015 en, 2016 en, 2017 en, 2018 en, 2019 en, 2020 en, 2021 en, 2022 en, 2023 en, 2024 en

^ "Heian Stakes". Horse Racing in Japan.
^ "List of JRA Graded Races 2024｜List of JRA Graded Races｜Horse Racing in Japan". Horse Racing in Japan. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
^ "2017 result". Racing Post. 20 May 2017.
^ "2018 result". Racing Post. 19 May 2018.
^ "2019 result". Racing Post. 18 May 2019.
^ "平安S". Netkeiba.
^ "Heian Stakes". Netkeiba.

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